Winter Wastelands

Winter Wastelands

Michael Haapasaari · April 23, 2021 · Action, Indie, Action-Adventure, Adventure, Pixel Graphics

Winter Wastelands is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Winter Wastelands price

Winter Wastelands is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Winter Wastelands

✦ AI summary

Crash-land on a frozen alien world and fight your way off an ice planet using a sword, special abilities, and gear you scavenge from seven dangerous areas filled with enemies and bosses. Discover vibrant pixel art, quirky characters, and hidden costumes as you uncover what makes this solo-developed adventure truly stand out.

Winter Wastelands is a sci-fi fantasy action-adventure game about trying to escape the ice planet you crash-landed on.

Features:
  • Fight through enemies and bosses with a sword and special abilities gained along the way.

  • Explore the 7 areas.

  • Find new items and costumes to obtain special abilities.

  • Meet strange and vibrant characters.

  • Bright and colorful pixel art.

  • Programming, design, art, animation, and music all made by one person.


Photosensitive Warning: This game contains sequences of flashing bright colors.

Winter Wastelands — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 21, 2022
I love this game - easily a 10/10 (I am now part of the winter wastelands community)
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 22, 2022
Great graphics and music! Undertale vibes.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 5, 2022
good
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 21, 2025
"Winter Wastelands" is a badly made 2D pixelcrap action adventure game with a weak sci-fi theme about escaping an alien planet after you crash land. Unfortunately, you survive the crash and must therefore play "Winter Wastelands". What do you do in the game? Just really weak top down adventure/action/brawling with a couple of boss fights. The best part of the game is that the uninstall feature works excellently. In fact it felt so good uninstalling this that I installed it again so I could go through the joy of removing it a second time. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. This was made with the godawful "GameMaker Studio" construction kit/toolset, which is popular amongst amateur developers because it handholds you through mak…
Recommended Nov 18, 2025
Игра 'Winter Wastelands' приятно удивила. Не ждал от нее многого, но зацепила своей мрачной атмосферой постапокалиптической зимы. Мир проработан достаточно детально, и по нему действительно интересно путешествовать, исследуя заброшенные поселения и сражаясь с опасными мутантами. Боевая система, хоть и не без изъянов, динамичная и заставляет постоянно адаптироваться к условиям. Крафт играет важную роль в выживании, и поиск ресурсов становится неотъемлемой частью игрового процесса. Сюжет не хватает звезд с неба, но он вполне сносный и держит в напряжении, особенно ближе к финалу. Персонажи, которых встречаешь на своем пути, запоминаются, и им действительно сопереживаешь. Визуально игра выглядит достойно, особенно пейзажи заснеженных пустошей. Из минусов можно отметить некоторую затянутость геймплея в середине игры и не всегда логичное расположение ресурсов. В целом, 'Winter Wastelands' – это неплохой представитель жанра survival с интересной атмосферой и затягивающим геймплеем. Рекомендую любителям постапокалипсиса и игр на выживание.
Recommended Mar 30, 2023
[h1]Before I played Winter Wastelands, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

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